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WorksheetsCurrent Events Final Review
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 9mins
"Leaving one side out of an article, or a series of articles over a period of time;" What type of bias is this?
Bias by story selection
Bias by omission
Bias by placement
Bias by labeling
"...Where on a website (or newspaper) or in an article a story or event is printed; a pattern of placing news stories so as to downplay information supportive of either conservative views or liberal views;" This type of bias is called:
Bias by omission
Bias by spin
Bias by labeling
Bias by placement
"...including more sources that support one view over another;" This type of bias is called:
Bias by labeling
Bias by spin
Bias by selection of sources
Bias by placement
"Bias by _________________ involves tone – it’s a reporter’s subjective comments about objective facts; makes one side’s ideological perspective look better than another."
Bias by spin
Bias by labeling
Bias by selection of sources
Bias omission
This type of bias occurs when a reporter gives a positive-sounding title, like "expert" to a source in order to make it seem like the source has more authority or is more trustworthy. If the “expert” is properly called a “conservative” or a “liberal” the news consumer can take that ideological slant into account when evaluating the accuracy of an assertion
Bias by placement
Bias by omission
Bias by spin
Bias by labeling
"A pattern of highlighting news stories that coincide with the agenda of either the Left or the Right, while ignoring stories that coincide with the opposing view;" This type of bias is called:
Bias by placement
Bias by story selection
Bias by spin
Bias by labeling
"One option Facebook could adopt involves using existing lists identifying pre-screened reliable and fake-news sites. The site could then alert those who want to share a troublesome article that its source is questionable."
Nudging
Crowdsourcing
Algorithmic Social Distance
Making different information more available to people by having random groups of followers show up in a person’s news-feed more frequently.
Nudging
Crowdsourcing
Algorithmic Social Distance
The practice of obtaining information or input into a task or project by enlisting the services of a large number of people, either paid or unpaid, typically via the Internet.
Nudging
Crowdsourcing
Algorithmic Social Distance
- Liberals believe in government action to give equality for all.
- It is the government’s responsibility to stop social injustices and to protect civil liberties and individual and human rights.
- They believe the role of the government should be to guarantee that no one is in need.
- Liberal policies generally emphasize the need for the government to solve problems.
The above points are representative of which of the following views?
Liberal
Conservative
- Conservatives believe in people being responsible for themselves.
- They want a government who has little control.
- They want a free market economy.
- They believe in individual liberty, traditional American values and a strong national defense.
- They also believe that the government should provide people the freedom to go after their own goals.
- Conservative policies generally want people to solve their own problems.
The above points are representative of which of the following views?
Liberal
Conservative
"A type of yellow journalism or propaganda that consists of deliberate misinformation or hoaxes spread via traditional print and broadcast news media." This is the definition of:
Alternative facts
Faux reporters
Fake news
Broadcast journalism
”A false news story that the source presents as true as a joke. When satire is shared with people who aren’t familiar with the source, there is always a chance that someone will think it’s real.”
What type of fake news is this?
Fabrication
Hoax
Satire
“An intentional lie that doesn’t usually go beyond one source. The source is probably aware that the story is false. Fabrication depends heavily on clickbait. Think of these like an evolution of fake tabloid stories.”
This type of fake news is called:
Parody
Fabrication
Satire
“A humorous piece of writing, drama, or music that imitates the style of a well-known person or represents a familiar situation in an exaggerated way.”
What type of fake news is this?
Parody
Hoax
Fabrication
This type of fake news “...uses more sophisticated methods of fooling an audience, like forged evidence or social media manipulation often spread by multiple sources, some of which may believe the story is true.”
Satire
Hoax
Parody
